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. Insights Daily Debates Issues that Matter – 31 ARCHIVES What’s this Initiative? Click Here India has Failed to win its War on Antimicrobial Resistance Project Syndicate Why has India failed to fight antimicrobial resistance? Can it win this war? Why policies have failed? Is common man to be blamed? Is […]

QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 02 April 2018 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles. This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary […]

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 02 April 2018 Paper 1: Topic: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. Konark Sun Temple Context: An aesthetically designed interpretation centre with world-class facilities that showcases the unique architectural features of Kalingan era was recently inaugurated at […]

. PRELIMS BOOSTERS 2018 Lion-tailed Macaque and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Lion-tailed Macaque Endangered – IUCN red list Habitat Mainly diurnalarboreal, it prefers the upper canopy of primary tropical evergreen rainforest but may also be found in monsoon forest in hilly country and in disturbed forest. It can be found […]

Topic: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics 7) Around the world, the effects of alarmingly high economic inequality are spilling over into politics and society. In this light, discuss the ethical issues involved in reducing inequality around the world. (150 Words) Livemint

Topic: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; 6) Schemes to ensure that farmers get fair returns will come a cropper unless trade and tariffs are synced with minimum support prices. Analyse. (250 Words) The Indian Express

Topic: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary 3) Fixity of tenure and removal only by impeachment, no doubt, are guarantees for independence. But, do you think there should be some safeguards before the impeachment motion, tabled by the requisite number of Members of Parliament, is admitted? Comment. (250 Words) The Hindu

Topic: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein 2) 15th Finance Commission’s suggestion to use population figures from 2011 census instead of 1971 census for sharing tax revenue among states has triggered opposition […]

Topic: The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country. 1) The only noticeable contribution of moderates to India’s struggle for freedom is the economic critique of colonialism. Comment. (250 Words) India’s Struggle for Independence, Chapter – 7

SECURE SYNOPSIS: 30 MARCH 2018 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background […]

SECURE SYNOPSIS: 29 MARCH 2018 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background […]

SECURE SYNOPSIS: 02 APRIL 2018 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background […]